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Say I wanted to get a large very broody chicken that matures quickly (within 7 months) what crosses could I make to achieve this? I do have some silkies but they are so small, I don't care about looks but I'd prefer clean legs. I've heard you can breed silkies to be bigger but idk.

Pretty much I was a chicken with strong brooding tendencies, but bigger than a silkie and without silkie feathers. I'm trying to figure our a cross with the most potential for this. Worse case, I'll just keep silkies but I don't like them that much .

Have anyone ever seen an Easter Egger with a crest it was sold as ameracauna but I was expecting and Easter Egger anyway it was only a 10$ rooster sold at a yard sale but I would like to know is it okay to breed him for blue eggs. He does have the pea comb and muffs so I’m sure he has the gene...

I have a clean faced Easter egger that lays blue eggs and she has being mounted by my buff Orpington and I plan on hatching her eggs from him to have a few green egg layers but I also want beards. I have a bearded Easter egger rooster but he isn't able to mount her because he isn't the dominant...

I have some easter egger pullets from tractor supply they are only a few days old right now. but if i were to cross them with a buff orpington rooster will all of them lay olive eggs. or will I possibly get some blue or green egg layers too? And what if I crossed them to a white egg layer...

I have a mixed flock of chickens I hatched some feral ones I caught and some I bought . My question is will the ones that use to sleep in trees and were never caged ever be able to free range and return to the pen at night? They have been caged for 8 months now and spring is pretty much here in...

Had a hen go broody and hatched out chicks and she became super aggressive toward the other chickens but they were big enough that it scared them.more than hurt them so I just moved her into a newly built pen that I had 2 month old chicks in they were in a cage and there were 4 see hens in there...

Okay so about a month ago my girls were laying fine all of them then I ran out of food for 3 days I think. and I have given them rice cooked eggs greens and a whole lot of stuff and calcium from cooked egg shells. and they still layed good but as soon as I switched to layer feed the day after I...

So I want to understand this correctly so if I have a hen that goes broody (barnyard mix) and a rooster that is known for it but Is hatchery (buff orpington) the off spring should be broody too ? Then say if I had a (rhode island red which rarely go broody) hen that suddenly goes broody and...

Do broody hens really turn eggs? I don't think so I candled my broody hens eggs and they stay on the same side all day never are turned and I know because all the development is on only one side and in a Turner it's usually in the middle Does not turning them really matter ?

I've had a hen go broody or at least debating on it she sleeps on the nest and was there all day today she was puffed up and when I tried to get eggs she didn't run out screaming like normal so I sent and got eggs I've saved up cause I've been having a predator problem but I've seemed to solve...

I've had 2 chickens killed and eaten both are small ones and 2 that have been injured both small ones I'm gonna set out more poison tonight but I think the latest injury was at night the chick was sleeping on the ground Anything in mind I'm going to separate her looks like she can barely walk

There are feral chickens near my house that live completely on their own they've been there for years I've captured a few hens and they just are now laying their eggs are small but great tasting I had one rooster that I caught with them but he attacked one of my other hens so I killed him and...

I have 3 hens that are of laying age the one with weird tasting egg yolks is a rhode island red. the other are smaller breeds their eggs taste fine they are delicious. the rir has been laying since August the other two I'm not sure .but this has been recent like started a few days ago I do let...

Ok so powers been out since 12 and I didn't know I was at school. and the eggs are on day 3 are they done for? Or are they ok I'm gonna save more up if so Thanks guys

I have a buff Orpington rooster and 3 silverlaced wyandotte hens I want to cross them I know that I will get sex links but what would the females look like vs the males anyone have pictures ?

I have a barred rooster it's about a month old and has a lot of white on it it's from a hatchery but all others are dark and the other rooster is also darker then him any ideas I'll post pictures later thank you

I have a barred rooster it's about a month old and has a lot of white on it it's from a hatchery but all others are dark and the other rooster is also darker then him any ideas I'll post pictures later thank you

I have a young buff Orpington roo he's just beginning to crow and he's trying to mount he's my breeding rooster I love the buff Orpington breed I'm getting a female same age about 4 or 5 months old I'm gonna breed them to have pure buffs next spring I also have barred rock, silver laced...